{"id":6510,"date":"2012-01-03T16:15:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T00:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=6510"},"modified":"2012-01-30T22:48:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T06:48:32","slug":"convert-your-minecraft-modes-to-3d-printer-friendly-format-awsome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/convert-your-minecraft-modes-to-3d-printer-friendly-format-awsome\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert your minecraft modes to 3D printer friendly format. #Awesome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postapocalyptic\/6609643119\/in\/pool-1862849@N21\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6511\" title=\"mindcraft to 3d printer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mindcraft-to-3d-printer-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mindcraft-to-3d-printer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mindcraft-to-3d-printer.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Perfect!\u00a0 Have a great minecraft property you have lovingly shaped and worked on?\u00a0 Why not make it a real model using a 3D printer!\u00a0 Totally!\u00a0 The WINS of minecraft just continue to pill up.\u00a0 I remember first playing with it when it first came out thinking, what a cool little indie game. Never would I have thought it would explode to the levels we are seeing now.\u00a0 And now you can convert your minecraft model to solid 3D.\u00a0 Sweetness.<\/p>\n<p>Makes sense though.\u00a0 Based on how the modeling works, it would not only be possible, but quite easy, and something a 3D printer will not no issues with. The open source program is called <a href=\"http:\/\/realtimerendering.com\/erich\/minecraft\/public\/mineways\/mineways.zip\">Mineways<\/a>.\u00a0 Its a windows application, but will work on Linux using Win and I would bet on Mac using a Win emulator. Following is a video to show you how it works.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MTAztZjP3ak?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=1&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now, just waiting for a Lego version.<\/p>\n<p>From the site itself..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With the free Mineways program you can interactively select a model from a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/\">Minecraft<\/a>\u00a0world map and render it, or send it to a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3D_printing\">3D printer<\/a>\u00a0or 3D printing service such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shapeways.com\/\">Shapeways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/realtimerendering.com\/erich\/minecraft\/public\/mineways\/mineways.zip\">Download the latest version of Mineways<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(version 1.04, updated 1\/2\/2012) &#8211; Windows only, but it works on Linux under Wine (and I suspect also on the Mac &#8211; let me know).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/realtimerendering.com\/erich\/minecraft\/public\/mineways\/MinewaysSource.rar\">Download the source code (C\/C++)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MTAztZjP3ak&amp;list=PL3AE7AB94E9114715&amp;index=1&amp;feature=plpp_video\">Video playlist<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0where in the first two minutes I install Mineways, export a model from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vokselia.com\/\">our Minecraft world<\/a>, preview the result, and then upload it to Shapeways. To see some results, let that video playlist play. Tutorials:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9ZJZMZEfEC0%22\">Mineways tutorial: 3d print cleanup<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/mineways\/\">Mineways Flickr group<\/a><\/strong>. Best photo so far:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postapocalyptic\/6606221371\/in\/pool-1862849@N21\/\">this one<\/a>\u00a0(not made in Mineways, but it could have been).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minecraftforum.net\/topic\/892856-mineways-3d-prints-of-minecraft-objects\/\">Minecraft forum thread<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Other discussions:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Minecraft\/comments\/nphd1\/i_finished_mineways_a_free_program_to_3d_print_or\/\">reddit thread<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Minecraft\/comments\/nxnbm\/incredible_realworld_3d_print_of_a_minecraft\/\">a related reddit thread<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blenderartists.org\/forum\/showthread.php?240821-Mineways-export-Minecraft-data-to-an-OBJ-file-for-Blender-import\">Blender thread<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/mineways\">My modest (non-profit) Shapeways shop<\/a>\u00a0shows some buildings I&#8217;ve exported and purchased, mostly for friends. 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